The cadres surrendered along with automatic weapons and ammunition under the Poona Margem initiative being carried out by Chhattisgarh Police. Two of those who laid down arms are women.
Bastar Range Inspector General of Police P. Sundarraj said that 2025 marked a decisive turning point in the fight against Left-Wing Extremism in the region, with security forces killing 256 Naxals in encounters and facilitating the surrender of more than 1,500 Maoists during the year.
Seven Naxals with a total bounty of Rs 37 lakhs on their head surrendered before the Chhattisgarh Police in Gariyaband district on Friday.
The slain jawan has been identified as Head Constable Mahendra Laskar of CRPF’s 60th Battalion, a resident of Nagaon district in Assam.
Shah also said that he would soon visit Chhattisgarh to meet the soldiers who participated in the successful operations against naxals.
Four Naxals were gunned down in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district.
Sources indicate that the assailants, armed with sharp-edged weapons, launched their assault from a distance of nearly 500 meters from a CAF camp.
Growing disillusionment with the Maoist ideology and sexual torture on cadres besides extortion tactics by red rebels drove two women Maoists to give up arms and return to the mainstream in Odisha, a senior police official said on Tuesday.
Serving as a source of inspiration for many in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, where the Naxals once ran their…
According to the District Sukma Police, the Naxals killed two villagers named Madvi Ganga (Deputy Sarpanch of Tadmetla) and Kawasi Sukka (Shikshadoot) by holding 'Jan Adalat' (people's court) on June 28.
